Toy pistol



July 17, 1923. 1,461,778

0. C. MA DISQN TOY PISTOL Filed Nov. 25', 1921 awe/whoa:

011ml! MGJLSon OLIVER C. MADISON,

or. oivrnirn, NEBRASKA;

SAID omvna c1, MADISON, nncnasn roY rrsron Application filed lqo'vember 25, 1921. Serial 1T0 517,805.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OLIVER C. MADISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Toy Pistol, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toy pistol, and has for its object to provide a device for tossing or projecting a rubber ball or similar object for purposes of amusement, to be of such simple construction that it may be manufactured at-a nominal cost and will be.

elevation of the toy pistol, the resilient arms .being retracted.

Referring more particularly to the draw. ing, the invention consists of a single resilient strand or wire bent intermediate its ends to provide a loop or spring 4, a springarm 5 having an object-holder 6, preferably of circular form, at its terminal, and to provide a supporting-arm 7, said arm 7 and the remaining part of the strand being bent to an angular form as indicated at 8, 9 and ;10, v

the parts 8 and 9. respectively forming a side and bottom of a stock or handle, and the part 10 operating as a trigger and also forming a part of the stock, said trigger or arm 10, at its junction withthe lower end of the stock or part 9 being bent to a loop form, as indicated at a to add to the resiliency of the trigger. The trigger 10 is also bent outwardly as indicated at b to form a lug for engaging the loop 6. and is bent outwardly as indicated at 0, adjacent to the lug b, to form a hand hold or guard; and at d is indicated a finger hold which is formed by bending the strand inwardly at the junction of the parts 7 and 8. opposite to the outward curvature or hand hold 0.

It will be understood that the parts depend upon resiliency For operation. The

projector-arm 5 with reference to the. spring,

is normally disposed divergent from the supporting-arm, and'may beswung downr/irnnrr. s. MADISON EXECU'IRIX or wardly against the force of the spring 4 to permit the loop 6 to be engaged by the lug. b, the arm or trigger 10 being swung inwardly to a limited extent against the force ofthe spring a for this purpose, the lug 6 operating to normally maintain the parts as shown in Fig. 1. I j .A ball ll or other object to be projected is then placed upon or partly within the loop 6. The stock is then held in the hand of the operator, who, by manual compression, while aiming the pistol, may cause the trigger 10 to swing inwardly, which permits the loop 6 to be disengaged'from the lug for projecting the ball.

While the curvatures c and d mentioned could be dispensed with, their use is preferred, the curvature d being for engagement. of a finger of the operator when the parts are manually compressed, the curvature 0 tending to maintain the hand of the operator somewhat remotefrom the lug b. At 6 is indicated an angular part of the projecting-arm, 5, adjacent to the holderloop 6, said arm 5 being bent upwardly in a direction of said loop, whereby the loop will be disposed somewhat above the arm 5, the result being that the holder-loop 6 will have a greater elevation at the time of its release from the lug b, and its arc of move ment willbe somewhat less than it would be if disposed in the plane of the arm 5.

i It will be appreciated that, since the device maybe constructed of a single piece oi wire, bent to the form mentioned, it may be manufactured at a very limited expense, and that on account of the form and arrangement of parts it will be convenient in operation.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,- i

In a toy pistol, a resilient strand bent between" its ends to provide a coiled spring and a rectilinear projector arm having a circular loop at one terminal of the strand i to form a holder for a ball, and forming a cent to the supporting arm for use as a finger-hold and having an outwardly curved rectilinear supporting arm, and bent adjacent toand intermediate said supporting part adjacent to its second terminal to pr0- of the loop When the lug is released from vide a handguard, said strand at its second said loop. 7 terminal being provided with alug adapted In testimony whereof, I have afiixed my to engage within said 10 p that rt of th s1gnature in presence of two Witnesses.

projeetor arm adjacent to the loop being V OLIVER C. MADISON.

bent outwardly to dispose the loop in a Witnesses: plane outwardly of the plane of theprojec HIRAM A. STURGES,

tor arm for limiting'the are of movement ARTHUR H. STURGES. 

